Friday, March 6, 2009

Pink Ballet Saturday

This week has been unusally busy for us. (yeah, right!) Chasen attended his first Court of Honor with the Boy Scout and had 2 baseball games. My Brownie troop made butterfly SWAPs for Camporee, parent/teacher conferences, orthodontic appointments, and had MAJOR work done on my car i.e.-expensive work on the car. To top it all off, I had a very special houseguest all the way from England. Her name is Stella and she has dedicated the next year of her life to travel the world. What a wonderful luxury! She has been hosted by some very generous bloggers. Her most recent hostess was Dana from The Stone Rabbit. Dana showed her all around Independence, MO and then sent her off to visit sunny California. She was quite tired from her trip so I offered her a homemade chocolate chip scone and some Vanilla Chai tea. She said she liked the tea better than her usual Earl Grey.

A few days into her visit, we had a bit of rain. Stella didn't seem to mind very much. She said it reminded her of home. After a long day of showers we were rewarded with a beautiful rainbow.

On Wednesday, Stella attended ballet class with Sheridan. At first she was a bit shy since it was her very first dance class. Sheridan's teacher, Miss Wendy, danced with the San Francisco Ballet.

Then she warmed up on the barre. She really got 1st position down pat!

No way she was going to try the splits!Then she decided to take a break and just watch the rest of the class practice their jumps.She really enjoyed learning something new and admired the young girls and their commitment to dance. Sheridan is receiving her 5 year award next Friday for dance.

On Friday afternoon, Stella joined Brownie Troop #1182 to help sell Girl Scout cookies.This is Emily introducing Stella to all of the different flavors. She likes the Samoas best!American Girl Scouts are a branch of Girl Guides that originated in England.

Since it is the first day of outside cookie sales, the girls sold out of all of the boxes. They are trying to earn enough money to spend the night at Sea World in San Diego.

Stella was quite tired from all of the activity this week but she is looking forward to watching Chasen play in an American baseball game this weekend.

Thank you so much for finding time in your busy week to look after Stella. She looks to have really enjoyed the ballet class and helping the Brownies sell their cookies. My daughter (age 12) was a Brownie and is now a Girl Guide. It was interesting to see the different uniform your Brownies have over there. I hope they reached their target and can go on their visit to Seaworld.Have a lovely weekend. I look forward to seeing Stella at the baseball game.Lindsay

Glad to see Stella having a blast. My daughter took dance for 12 years. Now she is doing choreography for Children's Theater Musicals and having a blast. I had Stella in Northern California before sending her to Dana. Interesting that now she is in Southern California. Can't wait to see what else Stella does at your house.

I just KNEW that Stella would be having a blast at your house! She loves those sweets--I'm certain you found that out at the cookie sale! She looked darling in the ballet class--but not as cute as the sweet human girls. Please don't tell Stella I said that---she's touchy about her "stiffness"! OMG-I'll bet she was thrilled to see such a beautiful rainbow, too!I so enjoyed seeing what Stella is up to in her part of the USA!! Tell her THE STONE RABBIT said "Hi"!! L, Dana

About Me

Hi! My name is Donna and I live in Southern California with my husband and 3 great kids. I own a Children's Party Planning business-Party Wishes! I cannot let a day go by without doing something creative. I always have tons of projects going on such as painting a bench for the backyard, embellishing my daughter's jeans and overalls with vintage textiles or baking brownies with my kids.